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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 11:19:24 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Saturday 1/8/11 - 11:08:45 AM Briony wrote:
We could break it up before we cook it, but other people eating it might like to keep it long (my boyfriend prefers it long), so we cook it long and I cut my share up. |
On Saturday 1/8/11 - 11:11:12 AM CowDung wrote:
The taste of the pastas...might all be similar, but when combined with sauce, different shapes can hold the sauce differently and affect the taste of the meal. If one breaks spaghetti up before cooking it, the other family members eating it don't have the option of enjoying the longer noodles... |
I suppose that's all true. I never really noticed a difference in taste, but I guess I can see that penne or ziti may not get easily coated on the inside with sauce. At Olive Garden, I like to get penne with alfredo just because if I get spaghetti, fettuccini or angel hair, I can't finish.
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 11:25:17 AM EST (GMT-5)
It depends on what kind of mood I'm in, really. Sometimes, I'll twirl it on the fork if I don't mind the mess. But, when I don't feel like dealing with dangly, messy little noodles, I'll cut it up so it's easier to manage.
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 11:29:24 AM EST (GMT-5)
I used to break the spaghetti noodles in half to cook them, but then I found that it made it harder to twirl the noodles because they were too short, so I quit doing that.
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 11:32:18 AM EST (GMT-5)
I used to cut up my spaghetti, but then I married an Italian and I had to cut that sh*t out right away!
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 2:21:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
No, that is sick and WRONG!
I twirl it around a fork and shove it in my mouth.  |
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 6:07:07 PM EST (GMT-5)
BTW, I never heard of people putting pasta in their chili. Doesn't seem very Italian to me, I guess.
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 8:41:20 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Saturday 1/8/11 - 6:07:07 PM bookworm0812 wrote:
BTW, I never heard of people putting pasta in their chili. Doesn't seem very Italian to me, I guess. |
Non-Italians do eat pasta/noodles, you know...
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/8/11 - 8:44:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yeah, but in chili? That's weird! And sounds gross.
Especially spaghetti. I could see MAYBE some rotini. Even that weirds me out.
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Sunday 1/9/11 - 11:59:12 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Saturday 1/8/11 - 8:41:20 PM CowDung wrote:
Non-Italians do eat pasta/noodles, you know... |
I realize that, but I've never heard of anyone putting ANY kind of noodles in chili. Not even flat egg noodles that aren't considered pasta. Any chili I've ever had has pretty much been meat, veggies, beans and maybe some cheese.
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Sunday 1/9/11 - 12:04:57 PM EST (GMT-5)
MAYBE some cheese?
Cheese is a definite!!! I'm appalled that you might consider chili without cheese.  |
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/10/11 - 1:24:06 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Sunday 1/9/11 - 12:04:57 PM Spoonerism wrote:
MAYBE some cheese? Cheese is a definite!!! I'm appalled that you might consider chili without cheese. |
Well, I've been to events that didn't have it. Oh, believe me, if cheese is an option, I'm having cheese! And not just a little sprinkling either. A GREAT BIG PILE OF IT!!
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/10/11 - 1:27:32 PM EST (GMT-5)
The chili places in Cincinnati offer theirs over spaghetti.
I hadn't really seen it much until I moved to Wisconsin- - the chili places here all offer chili that way. I tried it and liked it...
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2 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Wednesday 1/12/11 - 1:19:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
I fork it  |
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2 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Friday 1/28/11 - 6:53:53 PM EST (GMT-5)
has it never occured to anyone to break the spaghetti noodles in half before boiling them? what's to enjoy when you're slopping it everywhere?
I do this and have never had a problem using a fork or a spoon
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2 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Friday 1/28/11 - 6:57:54 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Friday 1/28/11 - 6:53:53 PM ozmachic wrote:
has it never occured to anyone to break the spaghetti noodles in half before boiling them? |
I usually do this or I twirl the spaghetti on my fork and eat it.
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2 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Friday 1/28/11 - 8:13:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Friday 1/28/11 - 6:53:53 PM ozmachic wrote:
has it never occured to anyone to break the spaghetti noodles in half before boiling them? what's to enjoy when you're slopping it everywhere? I do this and have never had a problem using a fork or a spoon |
As I said before I would do that but other people I am cooking for (usually my boyfriend) like their spaghetti long, so we keep it long and I just cut up my share when it's on my plate.
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2 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Friday 1/28/11 - 8:14:14 PM EST (GMT-5)
^Exact same.
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2 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Thursday 3/17/11 - 1:23:25 PM EST (GMT-5)
I twirl it, then eat..
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DementedCorn
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2 yrs ago - Thursday 5/12/11 - 7:38:41 PM EST (GMT-5)
i dont think ive evefr heard of cutting your spaggethhi( i spelt tht wrong)
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1 yr ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 1/17/12 - 10:06:46 PM EST (GMT-5)
Only if I'm in public. I don't want to embarrass myself by getting sauce all over my face.
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8 months ago - Saturday 9/22/12 - 9:21:38 AM EST (GMT-5)
Fork it.
Sometimes I cut it with a fork with ramen noodles, but in no way are there spoons/ knives out when I eat.
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8 months ago - Saturday 9/22/12 - 9:30:41 AM EST (GMT-5)
I don't "Knife it!" or "Spoon It!"
I Fork It!
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8 months ago - Saturday 9/22/12 - 6:30:19 PM EST (GMT-5)
I only use a fork when eating pasta.
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8 months ago - Saturday 9/22/12 - 6:34:48 PM EST (GMT-5)
I did up until I was eight.
Then I learned how to twirl.
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